New Wave/Synthpop songs ranked from #200 to #1, one per day.
Saturday, December 30, 2017
Just Missed My Top 200: Big Audio Dynamite - E=MC²
After his career with The Clash came to an end, Mick Jones formed Big Audio Dynamite in 1984. The new band's first album, This Is Big Audio Dynamite, dropped in 1985. It was an eclectic mix of post-punk, new wave, and rock that caught on with the music-buying public to the tune of half a million records sold. Second single "E=MC²" was a catchy tribute to the films of director Nicolas Roeg, a favorite of Jones's. It reached #11 on the UK chart and #37 on the American dance chart. It also just missed my Top 200. See you next week with another entry, the first of 2018.
Always amazed me how after the Clash, Mick Jones & B.A.D. emerged immediately as a fully-formed band releasing great singles & albums while Joe Strummer plodded along doing movies, helping BAD, etc. But then between 1999-2003 Joe became uber-productive and absolutely killed it, releasing 3 amazing albums with the Mescaleros before his untimely demise. Always liked both of them (and the whole Clash catalog too)
Always amazed me how after the Clash, Mick Jones & B.A.D. emerged immediately as a fully-formed band releasing great singles & albums while Joe Strummer plodded along doing movies, helping BAD, etc. But then between 1999-2003 Joe became uber-productive and absolutely killed it, releasing 3 amazing albums with the Mescaleros before his untimely demise. Always liked both of them (and the whole Clash catalog too)
ReplyDeleteI'm not a huge Clash fan, but "London Calling" is probably my favorite punk song.
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